Holiday Gift Bowl

HOUSTON... While it may not be quite sterling silver from the House of Windsor or a Faberge egg from a Romanov Czar, the holiday gift ‘bowls’ from Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen most certainly have a royal bearing.

After all, Sylvia Casares is the Enchilada Queen and this special gift collection which will go on sale the day after Thanksgiving is specially created by her. Also, unlike jeweled eggs and silver objects de arte, this gift will be in better taste – literally.

First of all, Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen’s gift bowl doesn’t really include a basket. All the items in the gift have been carefully tucked into a 1.5 quart stainless steel bowl. So much better to cook with.

Inside that bowl is a signed copy of Sylvia’s hardbound book, ‘The Enchilada Queen Cookbook,’ which recently won first place in its category at the International Latino Book Awards in California. There’s also a handsome molcajete, the Mexican version of a mortar and pestle. Add to those items, a head of garlic, a glass container of whole cumin and black peppercorns for making one of Sylvia’s favorite spice mixtures from the cookbook and a colorful tortilla-wrapping towel sewn by Sylvia herself.

The gift ‘bowls’ come handsomely presented and make the perfect gift for the cook or Tex-Mex food lover.